I hear that Merlin is to be selling laptops with Linux pre-installed. About spectacular apps, the best one I have found so far is Amarok. It never ceases to amaze...that and synaptic..
About the female friends, I am pretty much resigned that there is no hope of finding any Linux female users....so what can I do? On Sunday 06 November 2005 9:29 pm, Atanas Atanasov wrote: > Maybe another problem is that there is no hardware reseller on the > island which gives you an option to choose between preinstalled > Windows and Linux. This should be very nice anyway. Especially if they > can provide novice users with a dual boot system. > > To Jean: > By the way, I didn't consider the option if you are trying to convince > a female friend. In that case ... I cannot give you a lot of advice, > but I am sure you can find tons of very spectacular applications for > Linux. > > I think one of the main disadvantages of the English language is that > 99% of the words can be used as both masculine and feminine. > > 2005/11/6, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > That part about copied software is very true.. > > Or else, they have already got Windows pre-installed on their computer when > > they buy it, and thus, they don't feel the price difference so much.. > > > > Question : Does SCAN sell OEM versions of Windows? Because their prices are > > too cheap to be true? > > > > > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 8:27 pm, Keith Vassallo wrote: > > > Part of the problem is that Maltese people are used to using copied > > > software. So: > > > > > > 1) There really is no price advantage for them if they switch to Linux > > > (its's free anyway) > > > 2) They're not used to paying for software - so they won't buy Cedega, > > > which enables you to run some really good Windows games on Linux > > > > > > Many people seem to think that Linux tried to take over the world and > > > failed. This, of course, is not the case. Linux never tried to take over > > > the world - we just want to be heard as a sane alternative to Windows. > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > Jean Azzopardi wrote: > > > > Yes, people are very conservative... > > > > They expect Linux to be the same as Windows, from the GUI downwards.. > > > > > > > > Then you have the people who don't know anything about their system. A > > girl > > > > once told me her hard drive had 512 mb... (and her computer is fairly > > recent, > > > > so she was mistaking RAM for hard disk space)... > > > > > > > > And given that a large proportion of us teenagers just use the pc for > > > > games...this gives Linux a large disadvantage.. I have switched to open > > > > source games (just finished gl-117), and I love them, but I doubt my > > friends > > > > will! > > > > > > > > Wine definitely needs to improve in this regard... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
